For some reason my download speed doesn't really budge above the 90mbit mark. It has on one occasion gone to 107mbit, which is when I knew the increase was applied, however, now it doesn't go above 90.
I even tried at 6am this morning when I was up, and it still didn't get over that 100mbit mark... I am getting the new Telstra Smart Modem today, so hopefully that might fix it.

I'm fed up of waiting for HFC to get around to my area, I am dated jan-june2019 and with all the dates jumping around I am prepared to jump onto a 24month contract for that 5up on Telstra cable from Optus cable I just don't want to go in blind signing up to a 24month contract and still get 1 or 2 up.

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If you sign up to a 24 month contract with telstra you can just transfer that onto the NBN with them when it comes to the area.

I'm fed up of waiting for HFC to get around to my area, I am dated jan-june2019 and with all the dates jumping around I am prepared to jump onto a 24month contract for that 5up on Telstra cable from Optus cable I just don't want to go in blind signing up to a 24month contract and still get 1 or 2 up.

Am I being silly to want to sign up to a 24month contract even though I am dated jan-june 2019 to receive HFC which I can only assume going by the track record either the hit the target or get pushed back again?

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When NBN HFC comes to your area, it becomes "Ready for Service" in your ISP's systems. I know for Telstra, they won't force customers OFF their existing services until 18 months AFTER this date. The easiest way to get the free speed boost, IMO (I'm not in Sales though) would be to jump on 24x7 and chat with them and tell them you're an existing Optus customer and you want to switch over. They should provide it to you but there's also a huge thread on whirlpool that has other methods.

What modem are you all on that have received this update? would it matter if I used an older variant of the CG3100 that I had back when I was on Telstra cable in 2013-2015? I had speed boost back then so 100Mbps DL was working, but would the changes to the 5Mbps UL require a newer modem?

I would think telstra woukd have done it for all doccisdoccis 2/3 modems as the speed is done via modem policing not by how they sync up (they all sync up with as many channels as.configured on the cmts

Interestingly, as I mentioned earlier, I was really struggling to get past 90mbps on my Gateway Max. I installed the new Telstra Smart Modem, and now even my phone over wifi is getting 114mbps. Very happy!